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Drugs, guns, cash: Three Gainesville men among nine arrested

Three Gainesville men were among nine arrested last week after authorities say they attempted to sell millions of dollars worth of drugs to undercover police officers.

Florentino Cabrera-Sanchez, Roberto Sanchez-Mandujano and Sergio Gomez-Ramos of Gainesville all face drug and weapons charges after the Oct. 3 incident, said Cpl. Illana Spellman with Gwinnett County police.

Undercover officers made a drug deal with occupants of a home at 2621 Waverly Hills Drive, in a Lawrenceville subdivision off Herrington Road, Spellman said.

Police found 1 kilogram of black-tar heroin, 22 kilograms of cocaine and more than 270 pounds of marijuana, Spellman said.

She said the total street value of the drugs is about $3.7 million.

Police also found $13,000 in cash, five handguns and an SKS assault-style rifle. Spellman said police impounded six vehicles believed to be involved in the operation.

While there were many men with a large amount of drugs at the home, "I don’t think it was necessarily a (drug) ring," Spellman said.

The following men have also been charged: Miguel Serna-Figueroa and Raymundo Jesus Estrella-Coronado of Lawrenceville; Roberto Garcia-Ramos, Eleazar Penaloza-Ramos and Ruben Rios-Barajas of Norcross; and Melvin Roberto Sanchez-Nunez of Atlanta.